Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-01-21

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A special from Brookton, Me, Washington
county, says: Fred Lovelace fell into the
hopper Of the bark mill last Friday night and
was literally ground to pieces His death
was almost instantaneous. He was so years
old, and leaves a widow with five child
rem. He recently removed from New Bruins
wick.
George Wright, son of Alonzo Wright of
Plympton, Mass died from the effects of
gunshot wound received Jan. 6, while taking
lhe gun from a wagon. The charge shat
tered the bone and lacerated the muscles of
the right arm,
The veteran editor of the Pennsylvania
Argus, ex-S Senator II. P. Laird, aged So met
with probably fatal accident on Saturday
in Greensburg, Pa He fell on the icy pave.
ment producing paralysis of the lower limbs.
Botetourt county, Va, is excited over the
discovery of gold and silver der osits on the
Shenandoah Valley railroad. Assays range
from SIG per ton for surface rock to $50 at q
depth of 10 feet.
A strong shock of earthquake was expe-
rienced in Columbia, S, c., Saturday morn
ing at l 45 o'clock. Many persons were
awakened by the vibration, but no damage
was done.
The state penitentiary at FRANKFORT, KY,
with its contents has been destroyed by fire.
The building and contents are estimated to
$4,000 insurance
The police in New York have stopped the
selling of pools on the New Orleans races.
No arrests were made, but the proprietors of
the pool rooms have been ordered to refrain
from selling any more pools.
A perfect reign of terror exists in the town
| of Catulla, so miles south of San Antonio,
Tex. As result of the fatal feuds existing
in the community. County Commissioner
Hill and another man have been shot down
and killed in cod blood within the past
month"; and the slayers of both, although
perfectly well known, have not been ar
| rested.
| Reports from Chesapeake bay and the
lower Patapsco river state that the ice has
nearly all disappeared and there is no
further obstruction to navigation. A large
number of vessels have sailed and had no
difficulty in getting out. The oyster fleets
are again at work and begin to arrive regu-
larly.
A patty of masked men took colored
prisoner from Constable Moncrief at Ho-
gansviIle Ga, last Saturday evening, and
| hanged him to tree The prisoner had at
tackled the young daughter of Col Brooks on
the public road.
The grand jury in New York city found
an indictment of murder in the first degree
against Policeman Rourke Tor the killing Of
Roundsman Montgomery.
Cattle in Montana are now beyond all dan
ger. A warm rain has fallen aud the snow
is nearly gone from the Yellowstone valley.
Prof. Edward Olkey, LII. D., the eminent
mathematician, died in his bed at Ann
Arbor, Mich, Sunday, from heart disease,
He was the author of numerous and generally
used works on mathematics. For the last 30
years he has been professor of mathematics
in the University of Michigan
The small farmhouse occupied for 20 years
by Miss Albertine Hevener six miles from
Syracuse, N Y, was burned Saturday, and
Miss Hevener lost her life in the flames. She
lived alone and had always been considered
very eccentric.
The farm barn of Alba Kellogg, three
miles from Hyde Park, VT, and eight head
of cattle, has been destroyed by fire. Loss,
$500 to $1,000; insurance, $500.
Austin g. Stone, museum proprietors, of
Boston, Mass, have received a despatch
from Chicago stating that the boa>constric-
tor which they imported into this country
had died in that city. This snake was
valued at $4,000, and was one of the largest
of its species ever exhibited in this country.